Science Podcast

Each week, The World’s Rhitu Chatterjee brings you the latest and greatest science news from all four corners of the globe. You can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or email. Also, check out our Science Forum page.




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Pakistan Water Crisis, Spain’s Vultures, China’s Great(er) Wall

Podcast 11: Pakistan is running out of water. Spain’s vultures are going hungry. The Great Wall of China gets much longer. And night owls are more alert than early risers. more »

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Spain Uses the Sun, an Inbred Royal Family

Podcast 10: Spain leads the way in wind and solar energy. An innovative design for cardboard solar ovens. And the genetic demise of the Spanish Hapsburg Dynasty. more »

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City Bees, Predicting Earthquakes

Podcast 9: Urban beekeeping in Germany. Green architecture in Canada. The perils of predicting earthquakes. Plus chimps and mosquitoes. more »

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Dangerously Hot Tea, Claustrophobic Cosmonauts

Podcast 8: Cosmonaut claustrophobia in Moscow. Car pollution and hot tea in Iran. A mass toad killing in Australia. And your brain knows what you want before you do. more »

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Three Malaria Stories, plus Pigs and Hippos

Podcast 7: Fighting malaria, in Cambodia and the United States. A project to map the DNA of every mosquito species. Plus meteorites in Sudan and the revival an ancient harp. more »

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No Smiles In Russia, Old Forests Vs. New

Podcast 6: A cross-cultural psychology of smiling. Panama and the HPV vaccine. A debate over new-growth tropical forests. And America's role in China’s pollution problem. more »

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New Stem Cell Rules, The First Horsemen

Podcast 5: New U.S. stem cell rules. Ancient horses. A European pesticide controversy. And a Bolshevik murder mystery solved after nearly a century. more »

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Bionic Eyes, Psychedelic Fish

Podcast 4: A high-tech treatment for blindness. The evolution of language. America's changing environmental policy. Going green in a very white place. And a colorful new fish. more »

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Prehistoric Sex, Ancient Footprints

Podcast 3: Prehistoric sex. Ancient human footprints. A lost city in the Amazon. The cult of the future. And a hormone that increases a woman's odds of cheating on her partner. more »

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Finding Osama, Looting in Iraq

Podcast 2: A scientific search for Osama bin Laden. Archaeological looting in Iraq. Water troubles in Australia and Mexico City. And a doctor who fought Ebola in Africa. more »